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ACGC is pleased to announce the election of Deborah Cragun and Molly McGinniss as our new board members. Their three-year terms will begin on July 1, 2018.

Deborah Cragun, PhD, MS, CGC, is an Assistant Professor and Director of the University of South Florida Genetic Counseling Graduate Program in Tampa, FL. She received her MS in Medical Genetics from the University of Cincinnati and her PhD in Public Health from the University of South Florida. ​Molly McGinniss, MS, LCGC, is a Senior Market Development Manager at Illumina, Applied Genomics in San Diego, CA. She also is the coordinator of the Illumina Genetic Counseling student rotation program. She received her MS in Genetic Counseling from Boston University.

Please join us as we welcome Deborah and Molly to the ACGC Board of Directors!

​On January 2, 2018, the ACGC implemented the transition to a new policy on Candidacy in an effort to streamline the new program review process. For complete information on the Application for Candidacy and New Program review process, please click here​.​

​The Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC) is seeking your input in updating the Standards for Accreditation as established and adopted by ACGC. These Standards are used by ACGC to accredit master's degree-granting programs in the United States and Canada that prepare individuals to enter the genetic counseling profession.

By participating in the survey, you will have the opportunity to evaluate each of the training Standards. All of the responses will be reviewed by the ACGC Standards Committee and a detailed summary of the survey results will be provided to the ACGC Board of Directors. The ACGC Board of Directors will use this information in their efforts to ensure that the Standards are effective and relevant in training genetic counselors to enter a rapidly evolving profession.

​The time to complete this survey is variable based on the number of Standards you wish to comment on, but may take 30-60 minutes. It can be completed in multiple sittings when using the same computer or smart device. The process may be expedited if you review the Standards in full before proceeding with the survey.

The survey will be open until February 28, 2018.

If you know of other stakeholders (e.g. employers, patients/advocates, etc.) who may be willing to provide input on the training of future genetic counselors, please forward this email invitation to them so they can participate in the survey.

Sincerely,

​ACGC Standards Committee:

MaryAnn Campion, Chair

Dawn Allain, Board Liaison

Robin Grubs

Rachel Pothast

Chris Tan

Patrick Wilson

Julia Wynn​

Effective January 2, 2018, ACGC will implement a new application process for programs seeking Accredited New Program status. The process will begin with an Application for Candidacy, which will replace the current Letter of Intent. If a developing program receives Candidacy status, they will then be invited to submit an Accreditation Application for New Programs. There will be a $500 fee to submit an Application for Candidacy and a $4500 fee to submit an Accreditation Application for New Programs.

ACGC has instituted a moratorium on Letters of Intent from December 1, 2017 through January 2, 2018. Further information about this new application process, including the Application for Candidacy form and the Accreditation Application for New Programs form, will be available on the website in late December 2017.

​Click here to read the ACGC Clinical Training Bulletin. ACGC recognizes that the genetic counseling profession is in an era of unprecedented growth. As existing genetic counseling training programs increase the number of students that they are training, and as new programs are developed, the need for clinical training opportunities is growing. All genetic counseling organizations play a role in supporting the growth in our field, and the Clinical Training Bulletin addresses ACGC's role.​

The Accreditation Council of Genetic Counseling (ACGC) is pleased to announce the election of Lori Williamson Dean as our new board member. She will begin her term on July 1, 2017. Her term will be for three years.

Ms. Dean is the director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Genetic Counseling Graduate Program. She received her MS in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling from the University of Michigan.

The Accreditation Council of Genetic Counseling (ACGC) is pleased to announce the election of three new board members: Dawn Allain, Heather Creswick and Ian MacFarlane.

The new board members will begin their term on January 1, 2017. Their term will be for three years and six months, as we work to transition the board terms to align more with an academic year (i.e., July 1st - June 30th).

Ms. Allain has been a genetic counselor for 23 years and is the director of the Ohio State University Genetic Counseling Graduate Program. She received her MS in Genetic Counseling from Northwestern University. Ms. Creswick is a genetic counselor and has been on the clinical faculty at the Virginia Commonwealth University Genetic Counseling Training Program for 11 years. She earned her MS in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence College. Dr. MacFarlane is an assistant professor of psychology at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He earned his PhD in Counseling Psychology at the University of Minnesota.

Please join us as we welcome Dawn, Heather and Ian to the Board of Directors!

​ACGC would like to publicly recognize and thank three board members whose terms will be ending on 12/31/2016. Thank you to Nancy Callanan, Patricia McCarthy Veach and Sarah Noblin for their enthusiasm, leadership, and commitment to the advancement of the mission of ACGC. Nancy Callanan served on the board from 2014-2016 and was Treasurer in 2016. Pat McCarthy Veach served as a director from 2014-2016. Sarah Noblin was on the board from 2012-2016 and served as Review Committee Chair in 2013, President in 2015, and Immediate Past President in 2016.

In addition, we would like to acknowledge current board member, Amanda Bergner, who has agreed to serve a second term, beginning January 1, 2017.​​

The following programs were granted full accreditation through 2024: Arcadia University, Brandeis University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins University/National Human Genome Research Institute and University of Maryland.​​

ACGC is pleased to announce the election of two new board members: Heather Stalker,MSc, CGC and Janet Williams, MS, CGC.

Heather is an Assistant in Pediatrics/Senior Genetic Counselor in the Department of Pediatric Genetics at the University of Florida. She received her MSc in Genetic Counselling from McGill University.Janet is the Director of Research Genetic Counselors at the Geisinger Genomic Medicine Institute. She earned her MS in Medical Genetics at the University of Wisconsin.